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Saturday, March 6, 2010

Stitching and Cleaning

A quick post to show my progress. I haven't had a lot of stitching hours this week but I am pleased the progress I have made. Right now I am taking a break from the spring house cleaning!

This sampler calls for stitching from the bottom up. Not my usually way but it is because of the painting of the linen where we placed the house. The line under the letters is the half-way mark. I love doing the letters! They go so fast. Sorry for the wrinkles and the long shadows cast by the early morning sunlight. The table when I usually take my photos is still covered with freshly washed glassware that have not been arranged in display yet.

I have been following the lead of Susan from A Work in Progress and cleaning. I am scrubbing walls, washing windows and sheers and cleaning glassware in my dining room. OMG! It is embassassing to admit I didn't remember the shades on the ceiling fan weren't frosted. Back to the bucket o' vinegar water.

Words of wisdom

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. ---Eleanor Roosevelt

You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who can do nothing for them or to them. -- Malcolm Forbes

It is difficult to say what is impossible for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow. Robert H. Goddard

To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity. -- Donald A. Adams

Worry is a wasteful use of imagination.

Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently. -- Henry Ford

Nothing is impossible to a willing heart. -- John Heywood, English poet, 16th century

Whatever you give a woman, she will make greater. If you give her sperm, she'll give you a baby. If you give her a house, she'll give you a home. If you give her groceries, she'll give you a meal.. If you give her a smile, she'll give you her heart. She multiplies and enlarges what is given to her. So, if you give her any crap, be ready to receive a ton of shit." Anonymous

The best portion of a good man's life is the little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.-- William Wordsworth